Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Martin V. > Howard > Some time ago, someone asked how to access the archives. Patrick G. > Sobalvarro answered, and in his answer stated that: > > > You can only retrieve one digest per message, so if you want ten > > digests, you have to send ten messages. > > I've found this to be inaccurate. If you wish to retrieve four > digests at once, this is quite possible. Just put each "get" command > on a separate line and end the mail message with "end". Each digest > is sent as a separate file. Oh, no, did I do that again? I responded to the question by recycling an old message, and it had this bit of misinformation in it. What makes this really embarassing is that when I sent the original message, someone corrected me, and I saw that they were right, and sent a retraction to the list, and now I've gone and sent out the same incorrect information again. Anyway -- of course Martin is right, you can put many commands in one message. In fact, I recently downloaded all 60 MB or so of archives with one big message (I suggest you do NOT try this unless you know for a fact that your ISP provides you with 60 MB for your mail file). I will try not to make this mistake again in the future. - -Patrick